Al-Imara
Template:Infobox former Arab villages in Palestine al-Imara (Arabic: العمارة) was a Palestinian village, located in the northern Naqab Desert 27 kilometers (17 mi) northwest of Beersheba.
History
In the British mandate period the village was classified as a hamlet by the Palestine Index Gazetteer.[1]
1948 War and aftermath
During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the village was captured by the Yiftach Brigade in early October, meeting with no resistance. The Ofakim development town[2] and the Jewish kibbutz of Urim are built on the lands of the former village, with the latter being approximately 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) south of the original village site.[3]
The Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, described the village remains in 1992: "The village site has been completely built over by the kibbutz of Urim. Although the kibbutz was established in 1946 near the village of Al-Imara, during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, it was moved to the site of the former British police station. About 2 km southeast of the current kibbutz there are remains of several stone structures. These were the houses that belonged to Bedouin families before 1948 and were not considered part of al-Imara.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Khalidi (1992), p.72
- ^ Davis, Uri (2008), In Search of the Abu Sitta Sword (PDF), p. 12
- ^ a b Khalidi (1992), p.73
Bibliography
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
External links
- Welcome to al-Imara at Palestine Remembered
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